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<caption class="r systemtitle">Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits <br></br> Table 63. <br></br> Medical decisions at the hearing level or above, by year of application and program, 2008�2017</caption>
 
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<th rowspan="2">Year</th>
<th colspan="3">All decisions</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for Social Security only</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for both Social Security and SSI</th>
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<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a,b</sup> (percent)</th>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">All&nbsp;disabled&nbsp;beneficiaries</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">      10,257</td>
<td class="r data">       8,369</td>
<td class="r data">    81.6</td>
<td class="r data">       5,873</td>
<td class="r data">       4,998</td>
<td class="r data">    85.1</td>
<td class="r data">       4,384</td>
<td class="r data">       3,371</td>
<td class="r data">    76.9</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      11,625</td>
<td class="r data">       9,223</td>
<td class="r data">    79.3</td>
<td class="r data">       6,678</td>
<td class="r data">       5,576</td>
<td class="r data">    83.5</td>
<td class="r data">       4,947</td>
<td class="r data">       3,647</td>
<td class="r data">    73.7</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      13,378</td>
<td class="r data">      10,201</td>
<td class="r data">    76.3</td>
<td class="r data">       7,606</td>
<td class="r data">       6,108</td>
<td class="r data">    80.3</td>
<td class="r data">       5,772</td>
<td class="r data">       4,093</td>
<td class="r data">    70.9</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      14,123</td>
<td class="r data">      10,154</td>
<td class="r data">    71.9</td>
<td class="r data">       7,894</td>
<td class="r data">       6,003</td>
<td class="r data">    76.0</td>
<td class="r data">       6,229</td>
<td class="r data">       4,151</td>
<td class="r data">    66.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      14,828</td>
<td class="r data">      10,040</td>
<td class="r data">    67.7</td>
<td class="r data">       8,235</td>
<td class="r data">       5,982</td>
<td class="r data">    72.6</td>
<td class="r data">       6,593</td>
<td class="r data">       4,058</td>
<td class="r data">    61.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      15,842</td>
<td class="r data">      10,204</td>
<td class="r data">    64.4</td>
<td class="r data">       9,099</td>
<td class="r data">       6,304</td>
<td class="r data">    69.3</td>
<td class="r data">       6,743</td>
<td class="r data">       3,900</td>
<td class="r data">    57.8</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      15,210</td>
<td class="r data">       9,695</td>
<td class="r data">    63.7</td>
<td class="r data">       8,956</td>
<td class="r data">       6,107</td>
<td class="r data">    68.2</td>
<td class="r data">       6,254</td>
<td class="r data">       3,588</td>
<td class="r data">    57.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      11,946</td>
<td class="r data">       8,015</td>
<td class="r data">    67.1</td>
<td class="r data">       7,294</td>
<td class="r data">       5,233</td>
<td class="r data">    71.7</td>
<td class="r data">       4,652</td>
<td class="r data">       2,782</td>
<td class="r data">    59.8</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">       5,166</td>
<td class="r data">       3,493</td>
<td class="r data">    67.6</td>
<td class="r data">       3,207</td>
<td class="r data">       2,314</td>
<td class="r data">    72.2</td>
<td class="r data">       1,959</td>
<td class="r data">       1,179</td>
<td class="r data">    60.2</td>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">         553</td>
<td class="r data">         355</td>
<td class="r data">    64.2</td>
<td class="r data">         367</td>
<td class="r data">         262</td>
<td class="r data">    71.4</td>
<td class="r data">         186</td>
<td class="r data">          93</td>
<td class="r data">    50.0</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Workers</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">       9,866</td>
<td class="r data">       8,065</td>
<td class="r data">    81.7</td>
<td class="r data">       5,673</td>
<td class="r data">       4,837</td>
<td class="r data">    85.3</td>
<td class="r data">       4,193</td>
<td class="r data">       3,228</td>
<td class="r data">    77.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      11,234</td>
<td class="r data">       8,910</td>
<td class="r data">    79.3</td>
<td class="r data">       6,496</td>
<td class="r data">       5,427</td>
<td class="r data">    83.5</td>
<td class="r data">       4,738</td>
<td class="r data">       3,483</td>
<td class="r data">    73.5</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      12,981</td>
<td class="r data">       9,894</td>
<td class="r data">    76.2</td>
<td class="r data">       7,426</td>
<td class="r data">       5,962</td>
<td class="r data">    80.3</td>
<td class="r data">       5,555</td>
<td class="r data">       3,932</td>
<td class="r data">    70.8</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      13,668</td>
<td class="r data">       9,802</td>
<td class="r data">    71.7</td>
<td class="r data">       7,688</td>
<td class="r data">       5,837</td>
<td class="r data">    75.9</td>
<td class="r data">       5,980</td>
<td class="r data">       3,965</td>
<td class="r data">    66.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      14,305</td>
<td class="r data">       9,676</td>
<td class="r data">    67.6</td>
<td class="r data">       7,996</td>
<td class="r data">       5,801</td>
<td class="r data">    72.5</td>
<td class="r data">       6,309</td>
<td class="r data">       3,875</td>
<td class="r data">    61.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      15,359</td>
<td class="r data">       9,871</td>
<td class="r data">    64.3</td>
<td class="r data">       8,875</td>
<td class="r data">       6,139</td>
<td class="r data">    69.2</td>
<td class="r data">       6,484</td>
<td class="r data">       3,732</td>
<td class="r data">    57.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      14,728</td>
<td class="r data">       9,374</td>
<td class="r data">    63.6</td>
<td class="r data">       8,738</td>
<td class="r data">       5,943</td>
<td class="r data">    68.0</td>
<td class="r data">       5,990</td>
<td class="r data">       3,431</td>
<td class="r data">    57.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      11,571</td>
<td class="r data">       7,743</td>
<td class="r data">    66.9</td>
<td class="r data">       7,118</td>
<td class="r data">       5,098</td>
<td class="r data">    71.6</td>
<td class="r data">       4,453</td>
<td class="r data">       2,645</td>
<td class="r data">    59.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">       5,001</td>
<td class="r data">       3,368</td>
<td class="r data">    67.3</td>
<td class="r data">       3,114</td>
<td class="r data">       2,238</td>
<td class="r data">    71.9</td>
<td class="r data">       1,887</td>
<td class="r data">       1,130</td>
<td class="r data">    59.9</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">         524</td>
<td class="r data">         331</td>
<td class="r data">    63.2</td>
<td class="r data">         348</td>
<td class="r data">         246</td>
<td class="r data">    70.7</td>
<td class="r data">         176</td>
<td class="r data">          85</td>
<td class="r data">    48.3</td>
</tr>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Widow(er)s</td>
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<tr>
<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">         372</td>
<td class="r data">         296</td>
<td class="r data">    79.6</td>
<td class="r data">         185</td>
<td class="r data">         154</td>
<td class="r data">    83.2</td>
<td class="r data">         187</td>
<td class="r data">         142</td>
<td class="r data">    75.9</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">         380</td>
<td class="r data">         309</td>
<td class="r data">    81.3</td>
<td class="r data">         175</td>
<td class="r data">         146</td>
<td class="r data">    83.4</td>
<td class="r data">         205</td>
<td class="r data">         163</td>
<td class="r data">    79.5</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">         388</td>
<td class="r data">         304</td>
<td class="r data">    78.4</td>
<td class="r data">         176</td>
<td class="r data">         145</td>
<td class="r data">    82.4</td>
<td class="r data">         212</td>
<td class="r data">         159</td>
<td class="r data">    75.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">         438</td>
<td class="r data">         347</td>
<td class="r data">    79.2</td>
<td class="r data">         201</td>
<td class="r data">         163</td>
<td class="r data">    81.1</td>
<td class="r data">         237</td>
<td class="r data">         184</td>
<td class="r data">    77.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">         507</td>
<td class="r data">         359</td>
<td class="r data">    70.8</td>
<td class="r data">         231</td>
<td class="r data">         178</td>
<td class="r data">    77.1</td>
<td class="r data">         276</td>
<td class="r data">         181</td>
<td class="r data">    65.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">         465</td>
<td class="r data">         329</td>
<td class="r data">    70.8</td>
<td class="r data">         210</td>
<td class="r data">         162</td>
<td class="r data">    77.1</td>
<td class="r data">         255</td>
<td class="r data">         167</td>
<td class="r data">    65.5</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">         467</td>
<td class="r data">         315</td>
<td class="r data">    67.5</td>
<td class="r data">         211</td>
<td class="r data">         161</td>
<td class="r data">    76.3</td>
<td class="r data">         256</td>
<td class="r data">         154</td>
<td class="r data">    60.2</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">         363</td>
<td class="r data">         267</td>
<td class="r data">    73.6</td>
<td class="r data">         168</td>
<td class="r data">         131</td>
<td class="r data">    78.0</td>
<td class="r data">         195</td>
<td class="r data">         136</td>
<td class="r data">    69.7</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">         162</td>
<td class="r data">         124</td>
<td class="r data">    76.5</td>
<td class="r data">          92</td>
<td class="r data">          75</td>
<td class="r data">    81.5</td>
<td class="r data">          70</td>
<td class="r data">          49</td>
<td class="r data">    70.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">          29</td>
<td class="r data">          24</td>
<td class="r data">    82.8</td>
<td class="r data">          19</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">          10</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Adult&nbsp;children</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">          19</td>
<td class="r data">           8</td>
<td class="r data">    42.1</td>
<td class="r data">          15</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">          11</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">    36.4</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">          17</td>
<td class="r data">           5</td>
<td class="r data">    29.4</td>
<td class="r data">           5</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">          12</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">          16</td>
<td class="r data">           5</td>
<td class="r data">    31.3</td>
<td class="r data">           8</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           8</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">          18</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">    22.2</td>
<td class="r data">          14</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">          15</td>
<td class="r data">           6</td>
<td class="r data">    40.0</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">           3</td>
<td class="r data">    42.9</td>
<td class="r data">           8</td>
<td class="r data">           3</td>
<td class="r data">    37.5</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">          12</td>
<td class="r data">           5</td>
<td class="r data">    41.7</td>
<td class="r data">           8</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td colspan="10" class="footer">SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disability Research file, 100 percent data. <br></br> NOTES: Data are current through July 2018. <br></br> Because a number of applications remain pending for more recent years, the allowance rate will change over time. <br></br> Applications with a medical decision may be pending a final nonmedical decision or be subsequently denied for nonmedical reasons. <br></br> A revised process was introduced on October 1, 1999, in 10 states, under which initial denials could be appealed directly to the hearing level without a reconsideration. <br></br> Data from 1992 through 1998 are available for disabled workers only. <br></br> SSI = Supplemental Security Income. <br></br> a. Rate determined by dividing medical allowances by all medical decisions for that year. <br></br> b. Rate for the Social Security portion only. <br></br> CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
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